Evaluating the relationships among religion, social virtues, and meaning in life

Krause, Neal; Hill, Peter C.; Ironson, Gail

doi:10.1177/0084672419839797

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“…The proposition that religiousness could play an important role in shaping MIL and its relationship with mental health and well‐being is based on the following theoretical and empirical grounds. First, social scientists of religion agree that religion is an important meaning‐making system and framework (Krause, Hill, & Ironson, 2019; Park, Edmondson, & Hale‐Smith, 2013). It could be that meaning emerges from participation in religious rituals (Schnell & Pali, 2013), in the process of developing a deep sense of commitment to religion (Galek, Flannelly, Ellison, Silton, & Jankowski, 2015), from adopting security‐focused religious beliefs, such as the belief in a caring God who protects the believer (Van Tongeren, Davis, Hook, & Johnson, 2016), or by shaping and promoting personal goals (Emmons, 2005).…”

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Presence of meaning, search for meaning, religiousness, satisfaction with life and depressive symptoms among a diverse Israeli sample

2020

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The present study explored the structure and correlates of meaning in life (MIL) among an Israeli sample. The sample consisted of 559 adults. The average age of participants was 48.24 and 61.3% of them were females. Participants provided demographic information and completed measures of MIL, satisfaction with life, and depressive symptoms. The MIL Questionnaire showed a very good fit for the proposed 2‐factor model (i.e. presence of meaning, search for meaning) to the data collected from the current sample. Presence of meaning correlated positively with both search for meaning and satisfaction with life, and negatively with depressive symptoms. Search for meaning was positively and weakly tied to satisfaction with life, but was unrelated to depressive symptoms. Religiousness appeared as a significant moderator between the two meaning factors, and between them and life satisfaction. Specifically, as religiousness became stronger: (a) the link between presence of meaning and search for meaning became weaker; (b) the link between presence of meaning and life satisfaction became stronger and (c) the link between search for meaning and life satisfaction became weaker. The findings suggest that there are differential implications of presence search for meaning on the health and well‐being, and the important role religiousness plays in this regard.

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Presence of meaning, search for meaning, religiousness, satisfaction with life and depressive symptoms among a diverse Israeli sample

2020

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“…Another possible explanation may be the fact that the collection was carried out in a religious institution. The sense of meaning in life can be found by religion (Krause, Hill, & Ironson, 2019), being embraced by a religious institution, even if it is not mandatory to follow the same philosophy, can influence the perception of the sense of life by immigrants.…”

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Relationships between Cultural Adaptation and Immigrants’ Well-Being

Martinet

Damásio

2021

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The present study aimed to evaluate the predictive relationship of socio-demographic variables, cultural adaptation and hope on general well-being (GWB), subjective (SWB), social (SoWB) and psychological (PWB) and in the meaning of life. The participants consisted of 108 immigrants. The instruments used were: bio sociodemographic questionnaire, Mental Health Continuum - Short Form, Dispositional Hope Scale, Acculturation Measures and Meaning of Life Questionnaire. In general, only sociocultural adaptation showed a positive predictive relationship with all types of well-being studied, nonetheless this measure presented a negative predictive relationship regarding the presence of meaning in life. Psychological adaptation was predictively and positively related only to SWB. The perception of cultural distance negatively affected SoWB. The presence of meaning was also negatively predicted by the type of immigration and age. The search for meaning was negatively predicted only by income. The results are important for a better understanding of factors that influence the experience of immigrants in Brazil.

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“…Una posible línea de investigación futura sería tratar de conocer por qué las personas con actitudes religiosas, y más aún aquellas que son practicantes, perciben un mayor sentido o propósito en la vida. En el ámbito del estudio de la religiosidad, una investigación reciente ha señalado que algunas virtudes sociales como la compasión, el perdón o la ayuda altruista a otros están asociadas con un mayor sentimiento de significado en la vida (Krause, Hill, & Ironson, 2019). En este sentido, se podría tratar de conocer si la relación entre religiosidad y sentido de la vida estaría mediada por estas virtudes sociales.…”

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La experiencia de significado en la vida como variable mediadora de la relación entre religiosidad y ajuste psicológico

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Este estudio tiene como objetivo someter a prueba la hipótesis de que la relación entre religiosidad y bienestar psicológico puede estar mediada por el grado en que alguien experimenta sentido o propósito en su vida. Se realizó una encuesta en la que participó una muestra de 1553 personas de América Latina (87.6 % mujeres), con un rango de edad entre 18 y 70 años (M = 40.16, DE = 16.02), que respondieron a un cuestionario que incluía medidas de significado en la vida (Purpose in Life Test) y ajuste psicológico (Satisfaction with Life Scale, Subjective Happiness Scale, GHQ-12 y PANAS). Los resultados indicaron que aquellos que se definían como creyentes practicantes presentaban, en general, mayor bienestar, menos síntomas psicológicos y menor afecto negativo que los creyentes no-practicantes, que a su vez reportaron un mejor ajuste en comparación con los no-creyentes. Estas relaciones se encontraban, además, parcial o totalmente mediadas por las puntuaciones en variables referidas a la percepción de significado en la vida, en las que también las personas definidas como creyentes practicantes obtenían los valores más elevados. Como conclusión, la experiencia de sentido y propósito en la vida se revela como un aspecto clave para entender la conexión entre religión y bienestar psicológico.

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Evaluating the relationships among religion, social virtues, and meaning in life

Cited by 22 publications

References 43 publications

Presence of meaning, search for meaning, religiousness, satisfaction with life and depressive symptoms among a diverse Israeli sample

Presence of meaning, search for meaning, religiousness, satisfaction with life and depressive symptoms among a diverse Israeli sample

Relationships between Cultural Adaptation and Immigrants’ Well-Being

La experiencia de significado en la vida como variable mediadora de la relación entre religiosidad y ajuste psicológico

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